06. 'Local Aging Artists Scream at Technology'
Added 2023-10-31 19:07:35 +0000 UTC0:00 Old-school Internet (Miniclip/flash/internet trends of the 2000s)
19:00 Early technologies/what piece of technology you felt was magical
27:27 Wanting to create a video game/The storytelling potential of the medium/Miyazaki as one of the greatest living artists
39:33 Who is the most recent iconic movie character/why are there so many remakes/reminiscing about the video store
55:29 Should the quantity of a product impact the price/Kickstarter as a form of funding
1:08:39 We are finally making art...
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Who is the best Brazilian film YouTuber?
Leo
2025-08-16 13:28:11 +0000 UTCRecently discovered your YT channel and recently joined the patreon and I decided to listen to this podcast in chronological order, so this comment is a bit late in the day but i just HAD to say that Lewis talking about Weebles was yet further confirmation that I have finally found my people! God bless you both!
morag mcqueen
2025-06-15 21:17:27 +0000 UTCWow, prayer powerpoints! Blast from the past! The piece of technology I thought was a bit magical was the Talkboy from Home Alone 2. Every year, I would see it in the Argos catalogue and desperately wish for one. No doubt, had I got one, I would have used it for a week and never touched it again. I also remember a friend having a portable TV (and they would always given them away on Live & Kicking or the Generation Game) but it wasn't some untouchable exciting possibility. It was just something It thought was kinda cool. Technology really wasn't a very big presence in my early years. Probably cuz I'm 38 and it's just my 'generation'! I feel quite lucky for that. I grew up collecting things you bought from the corner shop. Such a small but rich world. Regarding 'remake culture' if you can call it that - there is the obvious reaction to try and get people engaged with something they know and are familiar with. The way we process media seems so fast, and almost un-trusting, that its not just execs that are afraid to try something original, but audiences simply don't have the attention span to absorb something new. There is the consideration that because we are less connected culturally, less and less each year, the only way to get a 'product' to have any traction is to capitalise on those instantly gratifying and familiar images and characters. Its the echo of a cultural bond (where once, a whole country would talk about a popular TV show the day after in work... that practice is going but isn't gone fully...). Equally, it makes me wonder if there is an element of what the execs want to see and allow sign off for is based on their own preferences and wishes. Example is in the late 80s, you get loads of movies set in the 50s and 60s. In the 2000s, you get 80s revival (which still lives on quite heavily) because it's what the execs know and have nostalgia for. They get to play out their fantasies. That's morphed into repetitious use of images, characters and IPs because of that power and nostalgia. Not sure if that's entirely linked to remake saturation, but it feels like its in the same ballpark. What I find the most disheartening in cinema is it seems if a movie is deemed a flop on opening weekend, the media label it a flop and this spreads as if its truth so quickly. People read this on their phones and believe it to be true then that a film is bad or not worth watching. i have no hard evidence of this, but its the feeling I get. And it makes me sad. (Babylon, although I know it was not for everyone, I believe could have made more money/had more of an impact if it wasn't labelled a flop after a day of being released). Hopefully this made some sense! Grandma, sucking, and eggs will probably come to mind :p I enjoyed typing nontheless.
hyperballadbrad
2023-11-03 14:43:18 +0000 UTC
